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Four secondary school writers win mentorships
Friday, 28 April 2017, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
Four talented secondary school students have been selected as winners of the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Youth Mentorship Programme 2017. This year NZSA has awarded four youth mentorships rather than the usual three writers as each ... More >>
Youth Mentorship Programme Seeks Emerging Young Writers
Friday, 3 February 2017, 3:57 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
Three secondary school students will each have the opportunity to be mentored by one of New Zealand’s best professional authors in order to develop their craft and hone their writing skills. More >>
Scam warning: Writers beware
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) is increasingly concerned about writers being scammed with bogus publishing ‘deals’. More >>
Tina Makereti wins NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship
Tuesday, 13 September 2016, 11:38 am | New Zealand Society of Authors
Kapiti Coast writer Tina Makereti is the recipient of the New Zealand Society of Authors Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2016. More >>
CLNZ/NZSA Research Grant recipients 2016
Thursday, 1 September 2016, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) are pleased to announce that Research Grants have been awarded to four fascinating New Zealand writing projects that, according to the judges, have great potential ... More >>
Applications open for $3,000 NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Award
Friday, 29 July 2016, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
The New Zealand Society of Authors Janet Frame Memorial award has run biennially since 2008, thanks to a gift from the Janet Frame Literary Trust, to support a mid-career or established writer. This prestigious award is open to authors of poetry, literary ... More >>
Emerging writers to receive manuscript guidance
Friday, 8 July 2016, 10:56 am | New Zealand Society of Authors
Thirteen writers with manuscripts spanning contemporary fiction, historical novels, crime / psychological narratives, poetry, short stories, speculative fiction and non-fiction have been chosen for the NZSACompleteMS programme. This programme gives ... More >>
PEN NZ condemns continuing ban of Barbara Dreaver
Monday, 13 June 2016, 3:27 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
13 June 2016 PEN NZ condemns the continuing ban by the Fijian government of Television New Zealand Pacific Affairs correspondent Barbara Dreaver More >>
Assisting New Zealand Writers’ Research Efforts
Wednesday, 8 June 2016, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
In support of New Zealand writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or nonfiction writing project, the 2016 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Research Grants will open for applications on 17 ... More >>
2016 Mentorships' announced
Friday, 18 March 2016, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
Recipients have been selected for the New Zealand Society of Authors Mentorship Programme 2016 with 14 chosen from a pool of 73 applicants. With a high standard of applications and wide variety of fascinating projects, the selection panel had their work cut ... More >>
Apply for NZSA Manuscript Assessment Opportunity Now
Friday, 4 March 2016, 2:10 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
Do you have a completed draft of your manuscript that is ready to take to that next level? Poetry, fiction, short fiction or non-fiction Apply now for the NZSA CompleteMS manuscript assessment programme 2016 The NZSA CompleteMS manuscript assessment programme ... More >>
New Zealand Society of Authors Waitangi Day Honours announce
Friday, 5 February 2016, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
Two kiwi novelists making big waves on the international scene have been made Honorary Literary Fellows in the New Zealand Society of Authors' annual Waitangi Day Honours. More >>
Youth Mentorship Programme Seeks Emerging Young Writers
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 2:33 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
Three secondary school students will each have the opportunity to be mentored by one of New Zealand’s best professional authors in order to develop their craft and hone their writing skills. More >>
NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award – Recipient Announced!
Friday, 11 December 2015, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
We are delighted to announce the winner of the NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award 2015 is Auckland writer Caroline Barron. More >>
NZSA celebrates Book Week with a grass roots campaign
Monday, 12 October 2015, 5:14 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) celebrates Book Week with a grass roots campaign. More >>
Celebrated children’s author William Taylor dies
Monday, 5 October 2015, 10:37 am | New Zealand Society of Authors
Celebrated children’s author William Taylor dies William Taylor, ONZM, the ‘grand old man’ of New Zealand children’s publishing, acclaimed author of richly comic novels for children and powerful fiction for young adults, died today (3 October) ... More >>
Book's banning 'exceedingly troubling'
Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 1:25 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
The decision by the President of the Film and Literature Board of Review, Dr Don Mathieson, QC, to issue an Interim Restriction Order banning the sale or distribution of Auckland author Ted Dawe's award-winning novel for teenagers Into the River , ... More >>
Applications open for NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
The NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2015 seeks applications from writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama with a literary track record, who are currently working on a new project. This annual Fellowship is generously donated by Peter Beatson ... More >>
Dr Philip Temple NZSA President of Honour 2015 / 2016
Friday, 15 May 2015, 10:17 am | New Zealand Society of Authors
Each year the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) appoints a President of Honour. This position is awarded to a writer in recognition of their services to the Society and to the literary community. We are delighted to announce our President ... More >>
NZ Society of Authors 2015 Mentorship Recipients Announced
Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 5:17 pm | New Zealand Society of Authors
Winners have been selected for the hotly contested NZSA Mentorship Programme 2015. A baker’s dozen of emerging writers, poets, memoirists and comic / graphic novelists will spend the next few months honing their skills and developing their craft under ... More >>
